Saboteur Zinke proposes to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act so that it will not be very capable of preventing the extinction of endangered species.

New York City's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies was dismissed. The city will appeal.

A state-organized Nicaraguan militia attacked student protesters sheltering in a church, using guns. Eventually the militia captured the students, aside from one who was shot dead.

MEP Voss, who put the copyright filter censorship into the EU copyright directive, thinks it is wrong to post any copyrighted work on the internet if the author does not get paid. His own actions contradict this supposed principle.

I agree with the point about hypocrisy: Voss's actions contradict his position. That doesn't mean that his actions are wrong. His position is what's wrong.

Making everyone pay to use art is a misguided goal. The right goal is to support artists and thus support the arts.

In the US, where copyright law includes fair use, it is often lawful to post a copy of some work without asking for permission, for political or educational purposes. The EU ought to adopt fair use in an even stronger form.

It should also legalize sharing (noncommercial redistribution of exact copies) of any published work.

The hotel from which the Las Vegas shooter shot is suing all the victims, seeking a ruling that it is not liable for the shooting.

It seems like common sense that the hotel should not be liable. It was not to blame for the shooting. There is nothing it ought to have done to prevent the shooting. There is no reasonable way that hotels could do so.

However, in the screwy US medical system, often the only way the victims of violence or accidents can get money to pay for medical care is if they can sue some organization and make it pay.